°°°What happened today?°°°

[Supafly]

1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.

1919 – Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.

1963 – 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.

Birthdays:

1918 – Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)

1945 – Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer

1968 – Guy Ritchie, British film director

World Suicide Prevention Day (International)

 

[Rane1071]

September 10th

1608
John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA colony council.

1846
Elias Howe patents the sewing machine.

1897
British police arrest George Smith for ******* driving. It was the first DWI.

1935
"Popeye" was heard on NBC radio for the first time.

1955
"Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS.

1956
Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.

1998
U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the **** of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.




Silly Quote of The Day

"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins.

 

[Supafly]

September 10th

1956 - Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.

Maybe this explains the situation with Mel Gibson? Look at his birthyear... the bomb must have been around his birthtown for some time before ignition

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[Rane1071]

Maybe this explains the situation with Mel Gibson? Look at his birthyear... the bomb must have been around his birthtown for some time before ignition

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Yeah, that .. and he was "dropped" on his head when he was a baby.

I'm just glad he's the Yanks' problem now.

 

[Supafly]

Yeah, that .. and he was "dropped" on his head when he was a baby.

I'm just glad he's the Yanks' problem now.

I thought you live in Tanelorn, mate - He from there, too??? :1orglaugh

 

[Rane1071]

I thought you live in Tanelorn, mate - He from there, too??? :1orglaugh

:laugh: Cheeky, bugger!! Them's fighting words.

I'd love Mels' money though.

 

[BigSwede]

1609-Henry Hudson reaches Manhattan.
1973-Salvador Allende is overthrown in a coup d'état.
2003-Swedish minister of foreign affairs Anna Lindh dies after being stabbed in a ***** ******.

 

[Supafly]

1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.

1847 – Stephen ******'s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras.

1922 – The British Mandate of Palestine begins.

1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.

1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

1982 – The international ****** that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

2001 – The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Birthdays:

1940 – Brian De Palma, American film director

1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer

1965 – Moby, American musician

1976 – Elephant Man, Jamaican musician

Emergency Number Day, proclaimed by President Reagan on August 26 in 1987. (United States communities, particularly the local emergency services)

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

PlasmaTwa2 was born today.

That's really all people need to know.

 

[Rane1071]

^Happy Birthay Plas?^

September 11th

1499
French ****** took over Milan, Italy.

1695
Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeated the Turks at the Battle of Zenta.

1709
An Anglo-Dutch-Austrian ***** defeated the French in the Battle of Malplaquet.

1965
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in South Vietnam and was stationed at An Khe.

1967
U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material

1970
The last "Get Smart" episode aired on CBS-TV.

1985
A U.S. satellite ****** through the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet. It was the first on-the-spot sampling of a comet.

1990
U.S. President Bush vowed "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush spoke of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of ******, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace".


Silly Quote of The Day


"Rotarians, be patriotic! Learn to shoot yourself."
Chicago Rotary Club journal, "Gyrator".

 

[emceeemcee]

1973
Chilean coup d'état

 

[Supafly]

1848 – Switzerland becomes a Federal state.

1952 – Strange occurrences, including a ******* sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.

1977 – South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko is ****** in police custody.

1983 – A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.

2003 – The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

Birthdays:

1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)

1921 – Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)

1944 – Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)

1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer

1977 – James McCartney, British musician, *** of Paul McCartney

 

[Rane1071]

September 12th


1866
"The Black Crook" opened in New York City. It was the first American burlesque show.

1873
The first practical typewriter was sold to customers.

1922
The Episcopal Church removed the word "Obey" from the bride's section of wedding vows.

1953
U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

1954
"Lassie" made its television debut on CBS. The last show aired on September 12, 1971.

1966
Gemini XI launched.

1970
USSR launches Luna 16; to return samples from lunar Sea of Fertility.

1983
Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. He had emigrated from Austria 14 years earlier.

1994
Frank Corder was ****** when he crashed a stolen, single-engine Cessna on the South Lawn of the White House.



Silly Quote of The Day

"The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."
Murray Walker, Sportscaster.

 

[BigSwede]

490 B.C.-Athens beats Persia in the battle of Marathon.
1921-First election where swedish women has the right to vote.

 

[BigSwede]

81 A.D.-The roman emperor Titus dies.
1757-The pomeranian war starts when swedish ****** advance into prussian territory.
1759-Great Britain takes control of Quebec after beating France in the battle of Plains of Abraham.
1770-The danish king Christian VII is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
1808- Sweden beats Russia in the Battle of Jutas.
1874-Composer Arnold Schönberg is born.
1940-Italy invades Egypt.
1970-The first NYC Marathon.

 

[Rane1071]

September 13th

1321
Death of Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy.

1789
The United States Government took out its first loan.

1898
Hannibal Williston Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film, which is used to make movies.

1906
1st airplane flight in Europe.

1922
In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

1943
Chiang Kai-shek became the president of China.

1959
The Soviet Union's Luna 2 became the first space probe to reach the moon. It was launched the day before.

1961
"Car 54 Where are You?" premiers.

1965
Beatles release "Yesterday".


Silly Quote of The Day.

"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they **** up dead, there'll be a record."
Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman.

 

[Supafly]

1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.

1788 – The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

1862 – American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.

1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be ****** in an automobile accident.

(Is that where the line 'It was sheer bliss' comes from?)

1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

(Well, 18 years down the road, sadly not doing so well)

Birthdays

1916 – Roald Dahl, British writer (d. 1990)

1939 – Richard Kiel, American actor



1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, British actress

1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist (MC5) (d. 1994)

1952 – Don Was, American singer

1961 – Dave Mustaine, American musician (ex-Metallica, Megadeth)

 

[Supafly]

1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.

1960 – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.

Birthdays:

1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)

1949 – Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)

1949 – Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia

1973 – Nas, American rapper

1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer (d. 2011)

 

[Rane1071]

September 14th

1812
Moscow was set on fire by Russians after Napoleon Bonaparte's troops invaded.

1847
U.S. ****** took control of Mexico City under the leadership of General Winfield Scott.

1866
George K. Anderson patented the typewriter ribbon.

1899
In New York City, Henry Bliss became the first automobile fatality.

1938
The VS-300 made its first flight. The craft was based on the helicopter technology patented by Igor Sikorsky.

1965
F-Troop premiers.

1972
"The Waltons" premiered on CBS-TV.

1974
Charles Kowal discovers Leda 13th satellite of Jupiter.

1978
"Mork & Mindy" premiered on ABC-TV.

2001
Nintendo released the GameCube home video game console in Japan.


Silly Quote of The Day


"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl."
Bill Peterson, football coach.

 

[Rane1071]

September 15th

1776
British ****** occupied New York City during the American Revolution.

1853
Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained becoming first female minister in the United States.

1909
A New York judge ruled that Ford Motor Company had infringed on George Seldon's patent for the "Road Engine." The ruling was later overturned.

1916
During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields.

1928
Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.

1949
"The Lone Ranger" premiered on ABC. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto.

1950
U.N. ****** landed at Inchon, Korea in an attempt to relieve South Korean ****** and recapture Seoul.

1965 - "Lost in Space" and "Green Acres" premiered on CBS TV.

1966
Gemini XI returns to Earth.

1976
Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into earth orbit for 8 days.



Silly Quote of The Day


"If you're living in an area with a bad school, move to a place where there's a better school."
Lamar Alexander, former Secretary of Education, explaining his ideas on what parents of ******** who attend poorly funded urban or rural schools should do to solve the problem.